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Arrests In East Java

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) DJAKARTA, Aug. 15.

The East Java military commander, Maj-or-General Jassin has announced the arrest of some leaders of the pro-Sukamo Nationalist Party (P.N.1.) in his area as part of a campaign to consolidate General Suharto’s leadership in the densely-populated province.

He said in an interview with the daily newspaper “Self Help” that arrested P.N.I. members in the region, where the deposed President still commands considerable mass support, were charged with defying Government policy. General Jassin said Communist underground activities in the region, a traditional Communist stronghold, were on the increase and slogans like "Suharto and (former Defence Minister Abdul Haris)

Nasution Shrimp Brain” bad been found scrawled on roads i in Surabaya, the East Java 1 capital. < General Jassin said that 1 “people found writing insult- i ing remarks on the streets i will be shot on the spot” j He said he had lifted the i ban on demonstrations in the i region to allow militant anti- i Sukarno students organisations “to move to make East i Java a part of the new order i (General Suharto’s regime).” I There had been dashes in 1 his area between Sukarno I supporters and opponents, but I he added “it is common here.” I

He said he recently asked Djakarta for army paratroop reinforcements to “help make East Java a part of the new order.”

The Acting President, General Suharto was today sending an aide to the Presidential summer palace at Bogor, near Djakarta to ask the deposed President Dr. Sukarno, for the last time where he has hidden Indonesia’s “holy flag”, due to be unfurled at Independence Day ceremony on Thursday.

This U after the failure of ■ high-ranking delegation of the Indonesian Armed Forces

chiefs to make Dr. Sukarno hand over the key to a box in which the faded red and white flag, first hoisted at the proclamation of Indonesian independence 20 years ago, was believed to have been stored. Palace officials yesterday received permission to prise open a wooden box, but when they raised the lid they found

the flag was missing. Dr. Sukarno claims the flag as his personal property. The people of Djakarta’s Semangi suburb announced

they planned to sue the deposed President for taking away their land to build a new hospital project Initiated by his Japanese-born third

wife, Ratna Sari Dewi. The project has been abandoned since the local people moved off the site two years ago. Mr Abdul Rachman, leader of the suburb’s action committee said the people now wanted their land back and planned to sue Dr. Sukarno for some 25 million rupiahs.

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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31449, 16 August 1967, Page 17

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Arrests In East Java Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31449, 16 August 1967, Page 17

Arrests In East Java Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31449, 16 August 1967, Page 17

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